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Rio 2012: Global Opportunity to Reaffirm Access Rights

June 30, 20118:30 AM - 9:45 AM EDT

The Access Initiative would like to invite you to participate in a side event on the emergence of regional conventions in support of environmental access rights on Thursday, 30 June, 08.30-09.45 in Room K (Press Center). Environmental access rights are the implementing devices of Principle 10 of the 1992 Rio Declaration, which states that decisions about the environment are best made when all relevant stakeholders have a voice in the process.

The workshop will discuss the following important question facing the
Meeting of the Parities 4 (MOP4) of the Aarhus Convention:

What are the best pathways to achieving universal application of
Principle10? Are regional conventions one such pathway?

Who are the global champions of Principle 10 outside UNECE and
how can we learn from their experiences?

How can the Aarhus Convention Parties help in global efforts to
implement Principle 10?

What should the message of the Aarhus Convention Parties be to Rio+20?